Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Along 66, September 2017: Goodbye Don Williams

From the Route 66 News Site.

SEPTEMBER 8-- There is a clue in the Country Classic Cars fire in Staunton, Illinois. One of the five cars in the center of the the warehouse caught fire and that started it. The owners have plans to rebuild. Good news as that is a favorite place to salivated.

SEPTEMBER 9-- Don Williams RIP. Age 78. A huge country performer from the late 1970s to early 1980s. His 1978 "Tulsa Time" went to #1 on the country charts.

"I left Oklahoma drivin' in a Pontiac
Just About to lose my mind
I was goin' to Arizona, maybe out to California
Where all the people love so fine."